Re: Octave for WXP, interaction with editor

[Doug Stewart]

Sarah Kendrew wrote:

> This may be a beginner issue, I've just started using Octave as a
> substitute for MatLab on Windows XP. I'm using the Crimson editor for
> coding. Whenever I'm working on a script and make changes in the editor
> Octave doesn't seem to recognise that I've made changes and throws up the
> same errors - it does this even if I "saves as..." the file again or close
> and reopen the editor. Using a different editor makes no difference. The
> only way to solve the problem is to quit Octave and restarts.
>
> Is this a setting I've forgotten about? I've set the EDITOR variable to
> the Crimson executable.
>
> Cheers
> Sarah
>
>
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What folder are you using for your files?

Some of Octaves folders only get looked at  at startup.

Doug



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